The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-06

every reason why the party should be
solid and determined
LEGITIMATE AND ILLEGITINATE
BUSINESS.
The difference between the streets Of
cities and the iunglcs of India is very
plain Those that go about the streets
wear hats, bonnets, boots and manu-
featured clothes In the junglcs the an
imals wear just what nature has furnish
ed them WITH and nothing more
When wc go a little below the surface
we find a little more complication, things
little more twisted and mixed up, and
differences not so easy 10 make out. A
few iackal- Over carcass are easily dis
tinguishod from 81 syndicate deyouring a
railroad. A lion riding IT camclopard TO
DIS doom are easily distinguished from a
inancier running down life insurance
company. But when We think of the
abstract ideas in each, the wholesale rob
! bcry and murder in the two cases seem
hardly disiinguishablc
Il is instructive as well as humiliat-
ing TO notice how near the birds and
beasts of prey IN their lives, pursuits, and
principles nay, even in the refined
mu-cmcnts of after hours resemble
their fellow creatures of human kind
AZ last fallen from the high level of man
hood. what is mau more than an intelli-
gcnt hcast-an a-pirant for vice and a
candidate for misery
but civilized life is great deal more
than the Jungle Il is as men take it and
ACT m 10 and make IT, But the great
general world BIO, all sorts of men and
all sorts of pursuits, ranging from close
proNimit, to the beast of prey 90 near
approach to thc divine There is in COM
mon work the cyc-,eryant and the faith
ml Mlorcr; in merchandise the cheat
and sviudIcr and the large minded mer
Chant Chat iutcuhanees general wealth
for lhe general good the lawyer who
fomcnts strife and bclricnds yllainy, and
thc high priest of Justice, the friend Of
right, of Justice, and of peace. I'm fact
the world is made up partly of quacks
and cmpcrics. and of sharpers, of
men who go only for getting, by
fair means or foul, and of those who
understand Oh, dignity and value of man
hood thc high privilege Of being men
who are aciuated by honorable motiycs
and governed by rules of right reason
and who reverence iaw 4 laborer
earns hi, wages by honest toll. A lawyer
by wise counsel and faithful service earns
DIS fees 4 merchant who gets the pro-
ducts of The earth where they are super
abundant, and transports them to where
they are scarce and wanted well deserves
hc profits of his work Or he who gar.
ncrs them when they abound and are in
danger of waste, as did the wise Israellte
I'm Egypt, amt keeps them for times Of
scarcity. well deserves the rewards Of
Dis -agacity.
The middle man and retailer or dis
tributor is equally servant and bcne-
factor of society Every calling, pursuit
and trade that looks to relieve suffering
to supply wants, TO maintain the general
good. is legitimate and organic. and
wages fees, or profits in them are honest,
legitimate. and earned But the service
that looks only TO enrich one by anoth-
cr's loss, TO transfer wealth from
one mans pocket to another with
ont consideration. that produces
nothing, that makes no new value I'm
time. place or condilion-thal en-
couragcs only iileness and discouragcs
honest labor that is the office of the
dronc, the parasite, the gambler That
IS thc service that is no service, that mis-
uses civilization, that abuses the pro-
lection of the law, and tends only to
decentralization and vice